cover 6p olive-yellow single and bisect (2, 2b; S.G.4, 4a), good to large margins, tied by blue Chatham "8" oval grid to Apr. 1859 folded cover from Chatham to St. John's Newfoundland; backstamped blue Chatham AP 29 1859, black Sackville AP 3 1859, Halifax MY 2 1859, St. John's MY 9 1859; single has small tear, otherwise fine; unique franking paying 3p currency from the interior, 5p currency from Halifax to St. John's Newfoundland (an overpayment of 1p due to the absence of 1p stamps in New Brunswick)

Details
cover 6p olive-yellow single and bisect (2, 2b; S.G.4, 4a), good to large margins, tied by blue Chatham "8" oval grid to Apr. 1859 folded cover from Chatham to St. John's Newfoundland; backstamped blue Chatham AP 29 1859, black Sackville AP 3 1859, Halifax MY 2 1859, St. John's MY 9 1859; single has small tear, otherwise fine; unique franking paying 3p currency from the interior, 5p currency from Halifax to St. John's Newfoundland (an overpayment of 1p due to the absence of 1p stamps in New Brunswick)
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1969
Cartier, 1977
"Foxbridge", 1987

Lot Essay

The shade of the stamps is very close to yellow